Global online fashion retailer Asos and its supplier Fashion-Enter Ltd. will implement Kornit Presto to explore the future possibilities of on-demand manufacturing.

Kornit Presto is according to Kornit the most advanced single-step solution for direct-to-fabric printing, enabling Fashion-Enter Ltd. to rapidly deliver test-and-repeat small product runs on behalf of Asos. These production capabilities will enable Asos and Fashion-Enter Ltd. to imprint designs on multiple fabrics at the push of a button, througha a lower-impact production process that has zero water waste and accelerates production speeds by cutting out typical dyeing processes.

Simon Platts, Responsible Sourcing Director at Asos:

“Adopting innovative new technologies like Kornit Presto is vital if we are to reduce the impact of fashion right across the supply chain, in line with the aims of our Fashion with Integrity programme. Streamlined print and workflow means we can explore the full potential of this innovative technology, further enhance our ability to react quickly to seasonal shifts in demand, and establish more efficient, lower-impact production processes.”

Chris Govier, KDEU Managing Director:

“The future of fashion will be driven by e-commerce and a more conscientious consumer, one who demands unlimited means of self-expression and will shop only with brands that live up to their values. Kornit Digital is the technology partner for brands that want to meet those needs and work towards a more ethical textile industry through the adoption of digital, on-demand production, and we continue to invest in technologies, alliances, and education to achieve that goal.”

• In Kornit’s pigment-based digital textile production capabilities and efficient workflow solutions, Fashion-Enter Ltd. sees an answer for brands serving the needs of today’s consumers, while reducing inventory waste and improving supply chain management and garment quality.

Jenny Holloway, CEO at Fashion-Enter Ltd.:

“We have worked with Asos since 2008 and understand their commitment to quality ethical production and speed-of-response fashion. Working collaboratively with both Asos and Kornit, we will develop an in-house new microfactory concept providing an innovative interconnected fashion world, which has the capacity to eliminate waste, risks, limitations, and pollutants from current outdated batch production. Our designer clients from our Fashion Studio services will also benefit from a fully-integrated design service with the Presto printer incorporating one-piece flow, further pushing the boundaries in the consumer’s voice for transparent speed-of-response fashion. We foresee this unique collaboration as a major step-change in fashion today creating a new ethical and sustainable fashion community.”

• Fashion-Enter Ltd. is an award-winning social enterprise that works closely with GLA, Welsh Government, Haringey Council, Islington Council, and Leicester City Council to provide innovative skills programmes. Providing qualification attainment levels 1-5, Fashion-Enter Ltd. is the first ESFA-approved training provider that incorporates the latest technologies into their learning curriculum within the backdrop of their SMETA- and Fast Forward-approved factories. Fashion-Enter Ltd. commenced training in 2008 following a grant from Asos for a stitching academy and garment manufacturing in 2010 after receiving further funding from Asos.